“Just living has become more difficult”

Monia Khaled is water and sanitation supervisor for MSF in Yemen. This is her account of the dramatic changes in everyday life she has witnessed over the past two and a half years. Voices from the Field - 11 Dec 2017

Healthcare staff in the district was trained in these centres by MSF staff experienced in hemorrhagic fevers outbreaks. The main fields of training included the safe management of suspect and confirmed cases, collection of laboratory samples and community surveillance.

Uganda

MSF ends its intervention in response to the Marburg fever outbreak

“This is the first time that Marburg fever has been diagnosed in these districts of Uganda, but strong national surveillance meant that the epidemic was noticed and confirmed early enough to allow for a rapid and effective collaborative response” Project Update - 11 Dec 2017

Yemen

Crisis update - January 2018

MSF is in Yemen to support the Yemeni populations affected by the conflict on all sides of the frontlines. We work in 13 hospitals and health centres and provide support to more than 20 hospitals or health centres across 11 Yemeni governorates: Taiz, Aden, Ad Dhale, Sa’ada, Amran, Hajjah, Ibb, Sana’a, Abyan, Shabwa and Lahj. Crisis Update - 11 Dec 2017

MSF staff treat Rohingya refugee patients at a clinic in a camp in Bangladesh.

Rohingya refugee crisis

Rohingya crisis - a summary of findings from six pooled surveys

On 25 August 2017, a counter-insurgency military operation in Rakhine State, Myanmar, led to a mass displacement of Rohingya civilians into Bangladesh. Over the following three months, some 626,000 Rohingya crossed into Bangladesh to escape the violence.
Project Update - 9 Dec 2017

MSF staff distributing water to people who’ve been internally displaced by fighting in Zemio, CAR. They were among 7,000 people who have sought shelter at the local hospital.
Just weeks after this photo was taken, On Tuesday 11 July, two armed men arrived at Zemio hospital in the southeastern region of CAR.
The men threatened a family, one member of which had been a patient two weeks earlier but had been unable to leave the premises due to ongoing violence. As three members of the family – including a woman holding her baby – attempted to seek cover, the armed men shot at them, striking the child in the head and killing her instantly. A month later, another armed group opened fire in the hospital. Thousand fled into the surrounding bush and across the border to DRC. The site now sits vacant and MSF has ceased its operations in the area, with no patients to treat and the safety situation for our staff remaining precarious.

Central African Republic

“The only people left in Zemio are those who couldn’t run away”

Recent attacks on Zemio, in southeast Central African Republic, have closed down the hospital and forced the city’s population, including MSF staff members, to flee. MSF medical coordinator Wil van Roekel describes the ramifications of the violence, including on some 1,600 HIV patients who need daily medication to survive. Voices from the Field - 9 Dec 2017

Mexico

MSF ends emergency response after the earthquakes

In November, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Mexico City, Mexico State, Puebla, Oaxaca and Morelos concluded the medical, mental health and heath promotions activities that were launched in response to the emergency situations created by two major earthquakes in September.

Project Update - 8 Dec 2017

Victoire is four years old and has been brought to the CTC in Bukavu by his mother. He was very sick and had been vomiting all night.

Access to Healthcare

Taxing the ill - How user fees are blocking universal health coverage

MSF’s report, Taxing the ill, looks at fees paid to access health care, and how these are blocking universal health coverage

Report - 8 Dec 2017

Andrés Aquino Villalobos, 32, descansa en una hamaca junto a dos de sus tres hijos en lo que queda de su casa, que fue totalmente dañada tras el terremoto del 7 de septiembre. Actualmente vive con su familia extensa en tiendas o bajo lonas.

Andrés Aquino Villalobos, 32, rests in a hammock with two of his three children in what remains of his house, which was totally damaged after the earthquake of 7 September. He is currently living with his extended family in tents or under canvas.

Mexico

Voices after the earthquake

Photo Story - 8 Dec 2017

Central African Republic

My first week in Bangui: A warm welcome!

Holger Hornauf is a trained auto mechanic and in 2016 he went on his first assignment with MSF in the Central African Republic. One year later he’s back in Bangui as our workshop manager and is blogging about his experiences. blogs.msf.org - 7 Dec 2017

Rohingya outpatient area at the Kutupalong clinic

Rohingya refugee crisis

“This is still a population teetering on the edge.”

Emergency medical coordinator for MSF, Kate White, reflects on how the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh has changed in recent weeks. Voices from the Field - 6 Dec 2017

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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